Combined chair and ironing board



T. J. STONE Oct. 28 1924.

COMBINED CHAIR AND IRUNING BOARD 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Filed Oct. 4. 1923 Oct. 28 1924.

T. J. STONE CCMBINED CHAIR AND IRONING BOARD 2 Shets-Sheet 2 Filed Oct. 4, 1923 Patented Get. 28, 1924.

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TILIDEN J. STONE, 015' LENOIR, NORTH CAROLINA.

COMBINED CHAIR AND IRONING BOARD,

Application filed October 4, 1923. Serial No. 666,563.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, TILDEN J. STONE, a citizen of the United States of America, and resident of Lenoir, in the county of Caldwell and State of North Carolina, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Combined Chairs and Ironing Boards, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to combined chairs and ironing boards, and has for an objectthe provision of novel means whereby a rigid chair frame is produced, the same having a back and seat pivotally connected to the chair frame and having novel means for converting the said chair into an ironing board; the said device being capable of expeditious adjustment for converting it into a chair or an ironing board, as required.

It is a further object of this invention to produce a chair having a back pivotally connected to it, associated with a seat hingedly connected to the back, with means for bracing the back and seat at the joint between them, associated with means also for supporting the device in an approximately horizontal position.

With the foregoing and other objects in view, the invention consists in the details of construction, and in the arrangement and combination of parts to be hereinafter more fully set forth and claimed.

In describing the invetnion in detail, reference will be had to the accompanying drawings forming part of this application wherein like characters denote corresponding parts in the several views, and in which Figure 1 illustrates a perspective view of a combined chair and ironing board embody ing the invention;

Figure 2 illustrates a sectional view on the line 22 of Fig. 1;

Figure 3 illustrates a sectional view on the line 33 of Fig. 1;

Figure 4 illustrates an underneath plan view of the chair;

Figure 5 illustrates a perspective view of the chair when converted into an ironing board; and Figure 6 illustrates a sectional view on the line 66 of Fig. 5. I

In these drawings, 10 denotes an ordinary chair frame and it may be appropriately; braced in order that a rigid structure will result. The rear legs have upwardly extend= ing portions 11 provided with pivots 12 on which the back 13 is oscillatably mounted in order that it may be moved from the position in which it is shown in Fig. 1 to the position in which it is shown in Fig. 5'."

provided with a guide 19 in which a filling,

strip 20 may be lodged and stored, and the saidfilling strip is employed as a wedge between the inner edges of the seat and back when the parts are adjusted for use as an ironing board. The filling strip serves to prevent sagging of the ironing board and takes up lost motion which is due to the presence of the hinges between the back and the seat 14.

A sectional brace or prop is provided near each side edge of the seat at the bottom, and each prop comprises the sections 21 and 22 connected by a hinge 23, whereas each section 21 is connected to the under surface of the seat 14 by a hinge 24. The inner end of each section 22 is notched as at 25 to form a seat which receives the upper outer edge of the brace 26 for the front of the chair, so that when the braces are open, they will support the outer end of the ironing board which is formed by the seat 14, as fully shown in Figs. 5 and 6.

When the device is to be restored to its position for use as a chair, the filling strip is removed and stored in the guide, and thereafter, the props are disengaged from the brace and folded to occupy the positions in which they are illustrated in Fig. 2, it being shown that the section 22 underlies the section 21 and that the said section 22 is supported on a cross member 27 which may be in the nature of a rod, bar or the like.-

terials and hinges of proper size are employed, the device will be found of durable construction and it will prove satisfactory in use.

l claim:

1. In a combined chair and ironing board, a chair frame, a back pivotally connected to the frame, a seat, hinges attached to the lower end of the back and the rear edge of the seat, a filling strip adapted to be inserted between the ends of the back and seat supported by the hinges when con verted into an ironing board, and sectional braces hinged to the under surface of the seat and adapted to be supported by the frame of the chair, substantially as described.

2. In a combined chair and ironing board, a frame having a rear brace with recesses therein, a back oscillat-ably connected to the frame and having hinges at its lower end adapted to lie in the recesses with the butts of the hinges at the rear edge of the brace having the recesses, a seat connected to the hinges in spaced relation to the lower edge of the back of the chair, a filling strip adapted to be inserted between the ends of the back and seat, and supported by the said hinges and means for bracing and supporting the seat in approximately horizontal position.

3. In a combined chair and ironing board, a frame having a rear brace with recesses therein, a back oscillatably connected to the frame and end adapted to lie in the cec r l nitts of the hinges at the rear edge 0. th; race having the recesses, 21 seat connects the hinges in spaced relation to the lower 6 ge of the back of the chair a filling strip adapted to be inserted between the ends of the back and seat and supported by the iinges, sectional braces each having sections hingedh connected, a hinge for connecting each brace to the seat, the section of the brace remote from the having a notch. in its end for engaging a brace of the chair, substantially as described.

havin hinges at its Q i c in a combined chair and ironing boar l, a frame having a rear brace with re cesses therein, a back oscillatably connects to the frame and having hinges at its lower end adapted to lie in the recesses with the butts of the hinges at the rear edge of the brace having the recesses, a seat connected to the hinges in spaced relation to the lower e lge of the back of the chair, a filling strip adapted to be inserted between the ends of the back and seat, and supported by the hinges, sectional braces each having sections hingedly connected, a hinge for connecting each brace to the seat, the section of the brace remote from the seat having a notch in its end for engaging brace of the chair, and a guide under the seat of the chair for holding the filling strip, substantially as described.

TILD'EN J. STON 

